It did not take a Republican Congress to end welfare as we know it. This bill makes welfare a helping hand. not a lifetime hendout. It places 5year limits on collecting AFDC benefits. For hardship cases States can exempt 20 percent of their case load from the 5year limit. and ablebodied people must work after 2 years or lose their benefits. It cuts taxpayer financed welfare for noncitizens and felons. It returns power and flexibility to the States. It ends numerous redundancies within the welfare system by giving block grants to the States and rewards States for moving families from welfare to work.
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